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ACHIEVEMENTS
 

 

||| COLLABORATION
A. International
1. Islamic University of Gaza
  • Quality Improvement Fund Project (BSc in biotechnology).
2. Universidad De Concepcion, Chile
  • Analysis of microbes that produce anti-microbial activity.
3. Instituto Antártico Chileno, Chile
  • Analysis of the diversity of bacteria in the Maritime Antarctic.
4. Fundacion of Biocience
  • Bioprospecting of useful compounds from Antarctic.
5. National Center Ocean and Antarctic Research (NCAOR)
  • Analysis of the diversity of bacteria in East Antarctica.
6. St. George University of London
  • Research on the malaria causing parasite Plasmodium knowlesi.
7. Human Genome Organization (HUGO) PAN-ASIA SNP Consortium Phase II
  • Research on Human Genome Variation and relationship with heritable disorders and diseases.
8. International Pineapple Working Group
  • Research on crop improvement in pineapple.
9. Beijing Genome Institute
  • Bioinformatic Analysis
B. National
1. MGRC
  • Whole Genome Sequencing of the Proboscis Monkey
2. Academy Science of Malaysia
  • Antarctica Project.
3. Institute of Systems Biology, UKM
  • Research on grouper improvement using molecular breeding.
4. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
  • Molecular epidemiology of malaria.
5. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
  • System Biology of Psychrophilic Yeasts for Novel Biotechnology.
6. Synamatix Sdn. Bhd
  • Bioinformatics laboratory set-up and data analysis.
7. Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic System (MIMOS)
  • High capacity computing and storage.
 
||| INNOVATION AWARD
2011 National Level
  1. Effective microbes for the bioconversion of palm kernel cake (PKC) to poultry feed (Gold Medal) - BioMalaysia 2011
  2. DNA molecular markers for the commercially important grouper hybrid E. fuscoguttatus x E. lanceolatus (Silver Medal) - BioMalaysia 2011
 
     
2010
  • International Level (Seoul International Invention Fair 2010, Korea)
    1. SuriaTM : Intelligent Spectrum Bioreactor (Silver Medal)
  • National Level
    1. SuriaTM : Intelligent Spectrum Bioreactor (Silver Medal) - 21st International Invention (ITEX) 2010, KL
    2. Estimation of Genome Size Using Real Time PCR (Gold Medal) - BioMalaysia 2010: BIO Innovation Awards 2010, KLCC
    3. Eucherich: Euchema sp. growth enhancer (Silver Medal) - BioMalaysia 2010: BIO Innovation Awards 2010, KLCC
    4. SuriaTM : Intelligent Spectrum Bioreactor (Bronze Medal) - BioMalaysia 2010: BIO Innovation Awards 2010, KLCC
 
     
2009
  • International Level (37th International Exhibition of Inventions, New Technology & Products, Geneva)
    1. Pyroscreen: A kit for the detection of Pyrodinium bahamanse var. compressum, a harmful algal (Gold Medal)
  • National Level
      1. MYFIS-FISH sauce powder (Gold Medal) - BioMalaysia 2009, KLCC
      2. MicroFis for improved and controllable fish sauce production (Bronze Medal) - Malaysia Technology Expo 2009, PWTC
      3. Ready-to-use Starter for the production fo fermented fruits and bio-enztmes (Bronze Medal) - Malaysia Technology Expo 2009, PWTC
      4. Plant Total RNA isolation kit (Bronze Medal) - BioMalaysia 2009, KLCC
      5. Innovative screening method of potential antidiabetic plants (Bronze Medal) - BioMalaysia 2009, KLCC
 
     
2008
  • National Level (BioMalaysia 2008: BIO Innovation Awards 2008, KLCC)
    1. A kit for detection of Pyrodinium bahamanse, a harmful algal (Gold Medal)
    2. ChiSMe: An effective screening medium for chitinolytic microorganisms (Silver Medal)
    3. Orkid DNA fingerprinting Kit v2 (Silver Medal)
    4. Beneficial microorganisms for the improvement of Bambangan (Mangifera pajang) fermentation (Silver Medal)
 
     
2007
  • International Level (18th International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition 2007, KL)
    1. ORKID: DNA Finger printing kit (Gold Medal)
     
2006
  • National Level (Biotechnology Asia 2006 Innovation Awards, PWTC)
    1. Universal Nucleic Acid Isolation (UNIK): An RNA/DNA extraction kit for various biological samples. (Silver Medal)
    2. F-GH:Recombinant Protein Production of Fish Growth hormone for Oral application Effective in Serranidae Family (Bronze Medal)

     
2005
  • International Level (33rd International Exhibition of Inventions, New Technology & Products, Geneva)
    1. Plant Legume seed ID Kit: A kit for the identification of legume species varieties (Bronze Medal)
 
     
2004
  • International Level (Seoul International Invention Fair 2004, Korea)
    1. Meat ID: A kit for meat species identification (Gold Medal)
    2. EZ-Prep Kits: Nucleic acid isolation kits for clinical molecular diagnostic, pharmacogenetics & gene discovery (Silver Medal)

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